Laser experts from Saxony and Israel are currently jointly testing a new type of laser for industrial use at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden. The system is based on the method of "Coherent Beam Combination" (CBC), which is still new for high-power lasers.
The 13-kilowatt laser can generate different energy distribution patterns particularly quickly during operation and thus process even demanding high-tech materials very precisely and quickly. The Fraunhofer researchers want to make the innovative laser technology from Israel available to companies worldwide in the near future. As part of a European network project, the Fraunhofer IWS is already working with the laser manufacturer Civan Lasers and A. Kotliar Laser Welding Solutions to investigate beam shaping for additive manufacturing, which has been accelerated by a factor of a thousand.
